1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment

1st South Carolina (Orr's) Rifle Regiment
Flag of South Carolina
Active	July 20, 1861, to April 10, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	CSA
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War the Seven Days:    * Beaver Dam Creek    * Gaines' Mill    * Frayser's Farm Cedar Mountain Manassas Station Ops Second Manassas Ox Hill Harpers Ferry Sharpsburg Shepherdstown Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Bristoe Station Mine Run the Wilderness Spotsylvania Court House North Anna Cold Harbor Petersburg Siege    * Jerusalem Plank Road    * Fussell's Mill    * Second Ream's Station    * Peebles' Farm    * Boydton Plank Road    * Third Petersburg

American Civil War

Orr's Rifles was a South Carolina infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

On 20 July 1861, James Lawrence Orr organized the First South Carolina Rifle Regiment at Sandy Springs. He was elected Colonel; J. Foster Marshall was elected Lt. Colonel, and Daniel A. Ledbetter, Major. Ten companies were recruited in the following districts (counties were known as districts between 1800 & 1868)...

The regiment had seen no action by the time Orr left, but the name "Orr's Rifles" stuck throughout the war.

First posted to Sullivan's Island, SC to defend Charleston Harbor, others called them the "Pound Cake Regiment" in reference to their "light" garrison duty. The 20th SC Infantry was referred to as the "Poundcake Brigade" on account of limited engagements and they were so close to home, their families could bring them poundcake or other treats.

In April 1862, the full-strength 1,000-man unit was transferred to Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia (ANV). In June, it was incorporated into Gregg's Brigade, of A.P. Hill's Light Division, of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Corps (often termed the "Left Wing" early in the war).